Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting your personal information as much as possible. Here is some basic information about how we collect and use data:
Comment
When you leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
A string created from your email address (also known as a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see whether you use it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: [Link]. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These cookies are used for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set some cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. The login cookie will last for two days, and the screen selection cookie will last for a year. If you select “Remember me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookie will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indexes the ID of the post you just edited. It will expire in 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking services, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that site.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the password reset email.
How long we keep your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained permanently. This helps us recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our site (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (unless they cannot change their username). Site administrators can also view and edit that information.
Your rights regarding your data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided. for us. You can also ask us to delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are required to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.